Makini Schools, part of the ADvTECH Group, has acquired Regis Runda Academy in Nairobi, renaming it Makini School Runda. This acquisition is part of an expansion strategy that includes significant investment in artificial intelligence (AI) learning tools and facility upgrades.

• The school, located in Ridgeways, Nairobi, has a capacity for 2,000 learners.
• ADvTECH will assume operations on August 20, 2025.
• Horace Mpanza, Regional Managing Director at Makini Schools, stated the group aims to advance the school's development.
• This follows ADvTECH's recent acquisitions of Flipper International School in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia in November 2024, and the launch of Rosebank International University College in Accra, Ghana in June.

OpenAI has launched GPT-5, the latest version of its ChatGPT AI model, claiming it offers "PhD-level" expertise and significant improvements over previous iterations.

• OpenAI CEO Sam Altman states GPT-5 is “significantly better” and feels like talking to a "PhD-level expert."
• The model is reportedly designed to be more honest, experience fewer hallucinations, and provide more accurate responses.
• Competitor Elon Musk previously made similar claims about his Grok AI chatbot, calling it “better than PhD level in everything.”
• While OpenAI highlights GPT-5’s ability to create software and demonstrate better reasoning, experts like Prof Carissa Véliz suggest its significance might be overstated due to marketing hype.

A new retail store, Robot Mall, has opened in Beijing, China, selling a wide range of robots, including mechanical butlers and human-like replicas. This marks one of the first outlets in China to offer consumer-oriented and humanoid robots directly to the public, signaling China's significant investment in robotics and artificial intelligence.

• Over 100 types of robot products are available, with prices ranging from 2,000 yuan (approximately $278) to several million yuan.
• Wang Yifan, a store director, emphasized the importance of public accessibility for robots to enter households.
• The mall offers sales, spare parts, and maintenance services, and is located next to a robot-served restaurant, coinciding with the World Robot Conference in Beijing.